If Black Simon & Garfunkel, the parody duo made up of The Roots' Questlove and "Captain" Kirk Douglas, showed up on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (and now The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) every week, they probably wouldn't be so hilarious.

But they space their visits out just infrequently enough to keep the whole act—singing acoustic, over-articulated covers of Top 40 songs, while wearing tight black turtlenecks and boxy Men's Warehouse-style jackets—fresh. Like last night's cover of Lorde's "Royals":

)

Great, no? Especially when they linger on "We crave a different kind of buzz-z-z."

Surely it gives their Katy Perry "Roar" cover and the Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" one a run for their money.

A Part of Hearst Digital Media
ELLE participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.